英语单词大师：Small Talk, American-Style

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER: language in action. We have two reports. RS: We start with a program in the International Business School at Brandeis University near Boston, Massachusetts. It helps introduce for

词汇大师-- Small Talk, American-Style

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER: language in action. We have two reports. RS: We start with a program in the International Business School at Brandeis University near Boston, Massachusetts. It helps introduce for

VOA慢速英语--African Immigrants in the US to Lose Temporary Status

Thousands of Africans who came to the United States to escape Ebola virus disease might have to return home as another Ebola case has been found in the continent. The World Health Organization says a second case of Ebola virus disease has been confir

好听的英文歌曲：It Must Have Been Love - Roxette

罗克赛特(Rocette)，90年代瑞典第一支以前卫的形象和动听的摇滚流行乐风靡全球的组合。Roxette由Marie Fredriksson (1958年5月30日生于瑞典)和Per Gessle (1959年1月12日生于瑞典HALMSTAD)。Gessle在80年代初期

影视歌曲：Per Gessle-She Doesn’t Live Here Anymore

I hear your voice 我听着你的声音 I touch your hair 我摸着你的头发 I see the traces Everywhere 我感觉着 This house of ours 这曾经属于我们的房子里 We used to share 我们的房子里 My dream has turned To nightmare 而现在

美国国家公共电台 NPR Monsanto Attacks Scientists After Studies Show Trouble For Weedkiller Dicamba

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Monsanto, the pioneer of genetically modified food, likes to say it is rooted in science, but some leading scientists are accusing the company of denying evidence about the risks of its newest weedkilling technology. NPR's Dan Cha

美国国家公共电台 NPR Damage From Wayward Weedkiller Keeps Growing

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Farmers in parts of the South are fighting each other over a weed-killing chemical. Some are using it in combination with a new generation of genetically engineered crops. Others are angry because it's blowing in the wind and dam

英语听力：自然百科 从桑巴到巴萨诺瓦 Samba To Bossa—14

Luiz Gonzaga you can compare him with Bob Marley in reggae, because he really did the melting of the style, you know. And it became very well known because he recorded it, he played it on the radio in the 40s, / 50s, so he came up with the new rhythm

英语听力：自然百科 从桑巴到巴萨诺瓦 Samba To Bossa—4

In 1888, Brazil became the last major country in the world to officially abolish slavery, 66 years after breaking away from Portugal to become an independent state. Black workers were at last free to leave the plantations. Many headed south to Rio de

英语听力：自然百科 从桑巴到巴萨诺瓦 Samba To Bossa—6

In Rio, African rhythms began to mix with European styles. And it was at the house of a Candomble practitioner, a priestess named Tia Ciata, Auntie Ciata, that the first song widely recognized as Carioca samba, samba from Rio, was performed in 1916.

英语听力：自然百科 从桑巴到巴萨诺瓦 Samba To Bossa—7

Racial discrimination was now banned in Brazil, but prejudice and the belief in white supremacy was still widespread. So there was outrage in the press that black musicians like Pixinguinha should be allowed to represent Brazil when he and his band O

英语听力：自然百科 从桑巴到巴萨诺瓦 Samba To Bossa—12

Some said she wasn't a true Brazilian, because she was born in Portugal. But Carmen Miranda conquered Brazil during the 30s and then moved on to the States. Her songs came from the finest writers of the days, including Dorival Caymmi and Ary Barroso,

英语听力：自然百科 从桑巴到巴萨诺瓦 Samba To Bossa—17

President Vargas gave Rio the Carnival for which the city became world-famous, but less than two years after his death, a new form of samba emerged that reflected a new political era in Brazil and would bring Rio even more international exposure and

英语听力：自然百科 从桑巴到巴萨诺瓦 Samba To Bossa—20

Tom Jobim wrote many of his songs here in the countryside outside Rio. Jobim lived and worked in the house that his son and grandson are now restoring. He studied a lot Chopin, Debussy, Brahms also. He liked to wake up very early. And hes in this hou

英语听力：自然百科 从桑巴到巴萨诺瓦 Samba To Bossa—21

He was the best lyricist. He never made a mistake with a song of mine. And he would come later with the perfect lyric for the song. He was very successful with women and he was not exactly a good-looking man. He was fat, short, bald. But women, I've

英语听力：自然百科 从桑巴到巴萨诺瓦 Samba To Bossa—24

Garota de Ipanema, Girl from Ipanema, had been written by Jobim and Vinicius in 1962 as they sat in this bar off Copacabana, watching the girls walk by. They wrote that song just because they saw the same girl passing by the bar, going towards the be

VOA常速英语2007年-Congo President Reduces Government, Reorganizes

By Kari Barber Kinshasa 26 November 2007 The president of the Democratic Republic of Congo has announced changes in his government, naming 10 new ministers, while at the same time reducing the number of government positions. Kari Barber reports from

印度首富百亿美元建4G网 免费向全国提供

India's richest man is rolling out a $20 billion mobile network that could bring lightning-fast Internet to hundreds of millions of people. 印度首富正斥资200亿美元建设移动网络，或可使十亿人高速连接互联网。 Indian consum

VOA标准英语2008年-US Expels Venezuelan Ambassador

The United States has told Venezuela that its ambassador to Washington will be expelled in the latest chapter of a growing diplomatic dispute. The U.S. also slapped sanctions on Venezuelan officials for allegedly supplying arms and helping drug traf

英语歌曲:It Must Have Been Love

This is the last time Artist:Keane Song:This is the last time This is the last time That I will say these words I remember the first time The first of many lies Sweep it into the corner Or hide it under the bed Say these things they go away But they